Baseball’s 15 Biggest One-Hit Wonders of All-Time

LUIS GONZALEZ, OF, DIAMONDBACKS, 2001

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Gonzalez played baseball for 19 seasons and was a five-time All-Star, so it may be a bit of a stretch to call him a “one-hit wonder.” Still, what he did in 2001 so exceeded expectations that it’s impossible to leave him off this list. Gonzalez smacked a career-best 57 home runs, drove in 142 runs and sported an OPS of 1.117. His previous career highs in those three categories were 31, 114 and .952 respectively. Whatever Gonzalez did to have a career year at the age of 33, it worked.

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While Brady Anderson’s meteoric 52 HRs might have seemed phenomenal, many have speculated he had a little “help” from steroids. It’s simply defies logic for such a drastic improvement followed immediately by an incredible drop off from that 52 dinger season.

I think a little bit of research might be helpful here. Mark Fidrych wasn’t derailed by a dead arm caused by a heavy work load. He injured his knee and did not report it which led to an arm injury. I guess some people just don’t care about accurate reporting any more.